Jupiter has many bands of clouds going horizontally across its surface. The light parts are zones and the darker are belts.
Most
of
the
clouds
are
made
of
ammonia
. The zones and belts often interact with each other
,
this
causes huge storms. Wind speeds of 220 miles per hour are common on Jupiter.
goodBy
comparison
the strongest tropical storms on
capearth
are about 60 mph. There may also be clouds of water vapor like the clouds on Earth. Spacecrafts have seen lightning on the surface of the planet. Scientists think it was water vapor because lightning needs water vapor. These lightning bolts have been measured as up 1,000 times as powerful as those on Earth. The brown and orange colors are caused when sunlight passes through or refracts with the many gases in the atmosphere.
